What Do Coffee, Beer, and Solar Have in Common?

Source: pvsolarreport.com Published: September 3, 2014 Climate change is already causing more frequent and severe droughts, and that’s going to continue. So it’s no surprise that both coffee companies and breweries are turning to the power of the sun to help. Park...

Unlimited Solar Powered Light in a Bottle!

Source: sciencealert.com.au Published: July 21, 2014 Image: Designnobis In big cities we take for granted how easy it is to use electrical light, but over a billion people living in developing countries and rural areas don’t have access to the power grid. In rural...

Solar Sunflower Charger

Source: chinadaily.com Published: November 16, 2012 Most of us are unaware of how much electricity we consume everyday for our routine activities and nothing would be better than trapping solar energy for accomplishing these activities. XDModo Solar Sunflower is a...

A Solar Powered Phone Charger That Sticks to Any Window

Source: Wonderfulengineering.com Published: August 1, 2014 The XDModo Solar Charger provides an adhesive surface which sticks to any window or glass surface, allowing it to use solar energy to charge your phone while staying indoors. The 1400 mAh lithium battery in...

Students at MIT Design Amazing New Solar Powered Chair

Source: blazepress.com Published: July 21, 2014 This futuristic new Solar Powered chair was developed by professor Sheila Kennedy and her students at MIT. The cool looking new chair uses solar power to generate electricity and has ports to charge your iPad and Laptop...

Midwives Test the Solar Suitcase

Source: unicef.org Published: July 3, 2014 UNICEF/UN0232677/Adriko “We don’t have to fear delivering at night anymore” In September we blogged about how we were procuring 50 Solar Suitcases to provide sustainable lightning, and thereby improve and encourage newborn...

Apple to Build its Third Enormous Solar Farm in North Carolina

Source: construction.am Published: July 10, 2014 Source: http://www.treehugger.com The new development will be the company’s third solar farm not only in North Carolina, but within Catawba County. The first is a 20 megawatt farm located on the company’s campus in...

The Solar Wind Downdraft Tower

Source: solarwindenergytower.com Published: July 2, 2014 Solar Wind Energy Tower, Inc. is the innovator and creator behind the only hybrid solar-wind technology in the market today. Formerly known as Clean Wind Energy Tower, Inc., the simplicity of Solar Wind Energy’s...